3 Paralyzing Things That Prevents From Getting Off Your Buts

Sean Stephenson, author of “Get off your buts” is a mighty man in a small frame. Sean does not like to be described as 3 feet tall person confined to a wheelchair.  Sean Stephenson describes his turning point in his book when he stopped feeling sorry for himself in vivid detail as a 4 years old child.  The question that his mother asked him changed his life forever.  I recently watched a live streaming seminar with Sean and it was very enlightening and entertaining.  The main thing that I learned was that we have no excuses for not achieving whatever our heart desires.

Sean‘s philosophy is that they are 3 major ‘buts” that we have to overcome.  But #1 is fears which normally start with “but what if I fail, but what if I lose…. and continues for as long as you allow it.  Our fears are holding us back, you can go to as many self help seminar that you can fit into a single lifetime, but until you do what is necessary to succeed you are wasting your time.  The journey of a driving from Florida to New York starts with turning on the car and heading in the general direction of New York.  The actual distance may seem like a daunting task, but by driving one mile at a time before you know it you would arrive in New York. You will be like an avalanche rolling down hill the closer you get to your goals the more determine you become

Excuses are but #2 which normally starts with but I don’t have to do that; but I don’t know how to do that….and continues to infinity.  “Excuses are the building blocks of nothingness.  They serve as monument to inadequacies and those who excels in them seldom do in anything else” is a poem that I heard many years ago and it still sticks in my mind today.  When you make excuses amazingly you start believing them.  The more you believe them the more it takes away from finding out what you are truly capable of.

Insecurity is but #3 and what Sean considers to be the most devastating thing that plagues us.  Sean believes that insecurity of not feeling like you don’t measured up to standards that you have in your mind or set by society is crippling.  Insecurities might be caused by any number of things. A person who feels secure in his or her body may help improve the World.  This but normally starts with but I am not……. (Fill in the blank).  I don’t know what “but” plagues you but whichever one does get over it and strive towards the success that you deserve in your life, business and relationships.

Sean Stephenson has gone through more trials and tribulations that would make the biggest man fall to his knees. He overcame the force inside of him that kept him living small in his mind.  When are you going to overcome this force and get off your “buts”?